Here’s the origin of Christmas as we know it, when it’s estimated Jesus might have been born and when Christians started ...

The celebration of the Nativity was not something that Christians did for the first few centuries of Christianity. Easter, ...

Was there really a Roman census at the time of Jesus' birth, or is this detail in the Gospel of Luke historically inaccurate?

The modern Christmas themes of peace and joy were in short supply amid the ‘dislocation and danger’ of ancient Judea – as ...

One of the problems about the development of traditions around Christmas is that people writing hymns or plays set Jesus' ...

To some people, Christmastime is nothing more than a season of generosity, joy, dressing up evergreen trees, waiting for Santa Claus and buying gifts for your loved ones. To others, Christmastime is ...

When Pope Benedict XVI wrote in a book published last month that the church has been wrong for centuries about the year when Jesus Christ was born, he was telling average Christians something that's ...

It's Christmas time, and people believe a lot of inaccurate things about the holiday, so for the next few weeks, I'm going to take a look at the truth behind Christmas mythology, starting with the ...

Scholars believe Jesus was born between 6 and 4 BCE in the town of Bethlehem, located in the modern-day West Bank. The Middle Eastern territory is located in what is now Palestine, though Israel has ...

The exact date of Jesus' birth is unknown, though it is estimated to have occurred between 6 and 4 B.C. December 25th was chosen as the date to celebrate Jesus' birth centuries after his death, ...